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Save Money And Stay Cooler with a Whole-House Fan [Summer Hacks] (33)
on Lifehacker (36899) permalinkHandyman columnist James Dulley explains the benefits of a whole-house fan as a way to save money on summer cooling costs. A whole-house fan is a large fan you install in the ceiling of the uppermost floor of your home. When turned on the fan draws a enormous amount of air up and out of your home. In short, a whole-house fan is the super-charged version of opening the windows at night to let the ...Shared by adang001 (73) benh (142) Brett (24) Cameron Hatfield (38) Chad (415) Daryl (38) Denny (58) deusdiabolus (447) Dre (41) G4dz00k5 (46) Garrett (45) Geoff Thomsen (69) Gonzo (92) IanMcKenzie (29) Jason (20) JeDa (72) Jeff Crump (101) Jon (56) Kells Nollenberger (21) Kevin Branigan (58) Linden (66) Mike T (40) Nathan (200) rOckY (716) Roger (81) Ryan (60) Sam (97) shawnmor (134) Shinn Photography (23) tarman (186) Tim (183) xabbott (66) Zaki (217)Explore read four notes
- Denny said: We installed a whole house fan three years ago, and it has been wonderful.
- Garrett said: This is a great idea. It takes a long time for the upstairs of my place to cool off compared to the first floor. Pulling that cooler air up and pushing the hot air out would entice me to use the AC less.
- Dre said: We had one of these in an older house in Cerritos and it worked great. We never got one installed in Palmdale because temps easily reach 100 in the summer and freezing in the winter... and my dad was too lazy... and it's quite noisy.
- Chad said: My dad has one of these, which works so well he's never bothered getting central air.
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Microsoft Office Ultimate 91% Off to "Students" (Again) [Deals] (79)
on Lifehacker (36899) permalinkMicrosoft yesterday re-introduced its "Ultimate Steal" program, offering students (but, in reality, anyone with a .edu address) its Office Ultimate 2007 package for $59.95, which goes for $680 on retail shelves. The company will also put up its Visio Professional 2007 design package and a Vista Ultimate Upgrade at the $60 price on Sept. 8. The web-only offering will be available "throughout the academic school year," according to a press release, but if you haven't ...Shared by A Librarian (17) aElian (54) Alexander Williams (52) AndyG1128 (75) Barry (36) brendan (43) cephyn (55) Chad (38) Chad (41) Compuwizard123 (229) Convoluted (136) darkeye11547 (1094) David (48) Degauss (63) Eebs (110) engelke830 (18) Erik (151) G4dz00k5 (46) Geoff Thomsen (69) Gil Creque (42) hank (146) HarrySachz (54) iBspoof (73) J. (27) Jacob W (67) Jake (46) Jason (85) Jefferson Kim (29) Jeffrey (93) jer_c (51) Joe (31) John (49) JonathanZ (21) Jonnie (30) Josh Chandler (144) jsuplido (7) Keith (57) KenFan (80) Kourosh (151) kskobac (49) lewis (48) Library (27) Michael (16) Michelle (33) Miggity (31) MMS (21) Nicholas Schiller (61) Nicki (114) nilegomez (62) OrchardKeeper (39) Paul (119) Renê Fraga (152) Richard (25) Rick (16) Rick Klau (352) Rosha (484) Sai Gudigundla (47) SAWagner30 (84) Shack (70) Shelton (44) shrutes (62) sirmikester (118) Steve Loopipe (62) StevieB (156) Terje (43) Thomas.Paine (71) Tim (125) TJ (145) Todd (90) Todd Gordon (41) Tony (41) Travis Cannon (40) travisccook (16) virtualcourtney (69) Will (30) WindPower (109) Yirá (101) Zach (270) Zoram (116)Explore read five notes
- WindPower said: Sadly on peut pas en profiter puisque Stanislas n'a pas de .edu domain name comme toutes les ecoles qui se respectent, et ne donne pas d'aresses email comme toutes les ecoles tout court
- lewis said: This is valid for anyone with a .edu address. Which you can usually get for free as an alumnus.
- sirmikester said: @Roger, you buying this? I thought the Moto deal was better...
- Alexander Williams said: The only way to give Microsoft about what Vista's worth.
- jsuplido said: Great deal for students in the US! How about faculty?
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Quick Media Converter Converts Audio or Video to Any Format [Featured Windows Download] (136)
on Lifehacker (36899) permalinkWindows only: Free application Quick Media Converter converts virtually any audio or video file from one format to another. Like previously mentioned WinFF (and several other media conversion tools), Quick Media Converter is really just a graphical front end for the powerful command line tool, FFmpeg. But where FFmpeg takes some command line chops to use, Quick Media Converter couldn't be more simple. Just drag and drop a file you want to convert into the ...Shared by AaronTN (189) Abby (30) Adam (193) aElian (54) Alex (449) Amanda (35) Amihai (179) Andy (53) Anoop (30) Aria (263) Arvin (57) Augmented Web (122) Azeem (108) Ben (88) Ben Digman (3) BigPru (51) Bill Shakes (49) Bjorn (121) Brian Junyor (160) Bruce (32) Camtron 9000 (230) Chad (415) Chris Ryall (125) Christopher (9) clifmims (22) Compulsivo (52) Compuwizard123 (229) crazyjaf (199) Cunya (66) daisylinbluez (135) Daniel (45) David (35) David Ebaugh (31) Dedalus (89) Deks Daka (13) docbaily (242) Doug McCaughan (11) Dr Jones (23) dubó (70) Eduo (209) elyse (26) ema (87) Eric (36) FDávid (32) Frank Lynch (7) Fred M (49) Fred Schechter (290) fundament (125) G4dz00k5 (46) Gabe (22) Ganesh Kulkarni (13) graywolf (139) Hannibal (156) Humberto Gonzalez (146) Iain Cochrane (3) iammikeb (81) Icefreez (53) Ippy (16) ja | castillo (40) jaime (13) Jakob (158) James Starmer (32) Jamin (190) Jason (85) JayCrossler (49) jbussoli (24) Jesús Dugarte (65) Jim (59) Joe (78) John Fink (109) johnhopkins (8) Jon Lowder (27) Jonathan The Seagull (28) Justin "Uncle Bubba" Roepel (31) kevinpshan (37) Kourosh (151) Le prof. (41) Lee G. (64) lizunlong (155) Lyle (28) Marc Stamper (11) Marcel (31) Mario (18) Matias Sulzberger (71) Matt Hall (55) Michael (66) Mike (139) mike (28) narkomanC (62) Nate (36) nilegomez (62) nparker13 (608) patella (20) Patrick (137) Paul (277) Pavels (20) pbizzle (53) Peli (57) Phani (24) Phil (297) potentato (117) PouarK (112) powlow (41) Program Witch (83) rajan (37) Rakesh (48) rjhintz (200) RossW (26) Ryan (131) Ryan (129) Ryan (86) rzklkng (680) Scott (21) Sean (16) Shane (34) Shawn (67) SilverStag (35) small (77) Stavros (33) Steve (145) Syng Shin (310) tarman (186) Terje (43) Terren (43) TO-Double-D (190) tobalito (69) Tony (41) Torsten (19) tybeck (35) web (64) wwdj (67) xabbott (66) Xdroot (200) Yinka (61) zemlanin (190)
- Bill Shakes said: LL
- SilverStag said: this might come-in handy.
- JayCrossler said: Finally. I've been using SUPER to do this, but it frequently errors out.
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Photosynth Opens for User-Created 3D Panoramas [Digital Photos] (54)
on Lifehacker (36899) permalinkPhotosynth, a Microsoft Live Labs project previously available as a view-only tech preview, now lets those signed up with Windows Live to upload and create their own multi-photo walk-through panoramas. The webapp, which requires an 8MB software installation on the user's side, can stitch together dozens or hundreds of photos and then let viewers "walk" through them, altering perspective and creating entirely new views from the details of all those shots. That means you not ...Shared by Adam Selwood (109) aElian (54) alldrin (30) Andy (53) Army of Gnomes (191) baron (42) Breyten (88) Brian (8) bwary (39) Cameron Hatfield (38) Christian Santos (223) Compuwizard123 (229) David Ebaugh (31) Degauss (63) deusdiabolus (447) EricTheDJ (23) FDávid (32) G Code (290) G4dz00k5 (46) Gelidity (75) Geoff Thomsen (69) GG (315) gnusic (275) Hasan (199) homard (10) Ingar (24) James Starmer (32) Jason (136) joel (51) Keeez (57) Kelly Verge (11) Kevin (134) Lenore (51) Marcel (31) marcusmeisel (62) Melkir (76) munir (30) ndench (32) Northorn (45) Patrick (24) Paul (277) Sarah (41) Scott Walter (38) Shinn Photography (23) Sky-Walker (277) Stavros (33) Terren (43) Thadman (58) Tim (125) TiTi (399) tobalito (69) ULTIMATE CREATOR (28) wangela (62) Will (58)Explore read six notes
- Sarah said: Online library tour use.
- munir said: Google the photosynth TED talk if you've yet to see it. Can't wait for this to come out for the mac.
- Patrick said: Looks cool! I hope to try this later. I wonder what place I should take a picture of... hmm..
- David Ebaugh said: If you have not seen the tech demo, then you are missing out. This is such a great idea.
- Cameron Hatfield said: Awesome! Now I create me own!
- baron said: more fun with Photosynth
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Make an iPhone Ringtone with iTunes in Windows [How To] (39)
on Lifehacker (36899) permalinkWe've shown you how you can turn your (non-DRM-protected) music collection into custom iPhone ringtones using GarageBand and iTunes on a Mac, or software like ToneShop for Windows but the CyberNet tech site's made it easy for those with just a copy of iTunes for Windows to hack together their own tones. The basic trick is to single out a short section of a song in iTunes, export it to a non-protected AAC/M4A format, then ...Shared by adam (76) aElian (54) arkiver (43) Art (273) C.K. (315) Cade (209) calderas (79) Carl Dunn3 (73) Chandoo (211) CtrlBreak (71) Dan (62) Dan Russell (150) David (48) David (37) ema (87) G4dz00k5 (46) Jake (77) Jamin (190) JBu92 (407) Jose (42) Kelly (17) Matt (15) Matthew (44) Michael (41) Mike (31) Nathan (200) Nicolai (100) nilegomez (62) Program Witch (83) Ryan (131) shawnmor (134) Siva (47) Sky-Walker (277) sulleh (17) Thunderror (46) Will (58) wwdj (67) yooper1019 (76) Yvette (68)
- adam said: For Kelly. I've been making ring tones all day!
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Hacker Uncovers Chinese Olympic Fraud (70)
on Slashdot (10724) permalinkSkeptOlympics writes "A new chapter in the ongoing controversy surrounding China's women's gymnastics team opened today, as search engine hacker stryde.hax found surviving copies of official registration documents issued by China's General Administration of Sport of China. The incriminating documents, expunged by censors from the official site and from Google's document cache, still appear in the document translation cache of Chinese search giant Baidu, here and here, showing the age of one of China's gold ...Shared by Aaron (122) André (72) ash (157) Ben Shoemate (230) Brian (25) Brooks Garrett (33) bwary (39) Candace Holly (190) Christopher Gizzi (176) Clint (124) Crossbar (116) D4rKr0W (38) DarthMolen (113) dasmart (142) Data Vortex (64) Dave (19) David (43) dbb (38) Donnie Berkholz (100) Doug Stewart (212) Eater (99) Emmett (87) est (185) Fay (95) G4dz00k5 (46) Glenn Batuyong (266) Gonzo (92) Gregory (22) Gschultz (148) Ian Benedict (66) Ihar Mahaniok (39) Ishai (107) Jakob (158) Jase (61) jason (33) Jeff (128) Jeff Q (67) Joannie (147) John (115) johnynek (42) Jordan T-H (63) Kevin (15) Kevin (36) leathej1 (42) Mark (99) Matt (27) MikeBoudreaux (96) minus-one (40) MV (89) N.L. Vivar (54) nathos (66) NeonDemon (238) Nicolás (34) OrchardKeeper (39) Rick (110) Rizzn (269) Rob (35) Schee (129) Scott Wilder (31) Sermed (38) Shirizaan (8) solsuknjerk (23) Stephen (16) TedCHoward (32) Thaddeus (24) TO-Double-D (190) Travis (45) vforrestal (30) Wayne (251) wvpv (57)Explore read six notes
- Dave said: I suppose intentionally editing and re-inserting a page in your search cache so as to protect the reputation of the Chinese government could be massaged as "Do No Evil"...somehow...
- Sermed said: 14 still looks old for some of those girls
- Eater said: Wait... 'search engine hacker'?
- Joannie said: OMFG... LOLLLL I love people who uncover the truth.
- vforrestal said: i knew it! although i guess if your country's 14 year olds can beat our "legal" team, you kind of deserve to win...
- est said: 封不住口啦。another fake?
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Hack Your Wii for Homebrew Apps and DVD Playback [Wii] (201)
on Lifehacker (36899) permalinkDespite the fact that it ships with a DVD drive, for whatever godforsaken reason, the Nintendo Wii doesn't support DVD playback—until last week, that is, when a homebrew hacker released a tool that enables DVD playback on your Wii. The best part? You don't have to crack open your Wii or disturb your hardware in any way to install it. Let's take a detailed look at how to softmod your Wii with the Twilight hack ...Shared by Aaron Junod (11) Aaron R (500) AaronTN (189) abrudtkuhl (130) Adam (193) Adam Dempsey (101) AdamB (50) adantas (37) Adolfo Celis (54) Alex (449) Alone On A Friday (30) alphakamp (48) Amu (29) Andrew (71) Andrew Becherer (59) Andrew Hughes (86) Archimedes Trajano (62) Arkayz (25) Art (273) aurelien (34) Bene (15) Billy Fairchild (156) Bjarte S. Karlsen (24) Brendan (33) Bruce (33) BustersDad (57) Bwana (287) Cade (209) Caleb Brown (16) capt bro (119) Carl (15) Carl Hooker (1) Carlos Villela (43) Chad (105) Charles (51) Charles (20) Charles Plater (12) Chloe Fan (27) chris (770) Chris (36) Chris Sharpe (4) Christian (23) Christian Santos (223) Cogo (98) Compuwizard123 (229) coonhnd (261) cpqdon (35) Craig (38) CtrlBreak (71) Dan (35) Dan (14) Dan Overlander (13) Dan Russell (150) dani (49) Daniel R (1) Daniele "Marlenek" Vietri (13) danliebke (222) Darian Rawson (58) Dasme (62) DaveBinM (30) David (24) Dee (38) Degauss (63) Dmitry Roslyakov (1) Doug Funny (114) Dreamside (524) Drew Olanoff (597) DVD (24) Eric Steil III (8) Erik (151) evan (18) Felipe (49) Fi (34) Fletcher (62) G4dz00k5 (46) GaB (18) GeekThug (22) Geoff Thomsen (69) Gerard (24) Getinet (78) GG (315) Gil (369) Goktug (63) Google (22) H. Mueller (47) haggaret (39) Hasan (199) Herschell / Special*Dark (57) Ian Kaumeyer (30) Jack (25) Jade (46) james (24) James (25) James Argyle (37) James Starmer (32) Jason (40) Jason Calleiro (12) Jason Remnant (56) Jayce^ (49) JBu92 (407) JC (16) jcjdoss (12) Jeff Golden (27) Jefferson Kim (29) Jeppe (43) Jeremiah (103) jimmysessions (24) joel (51) John (23) John (10) Jonas (30) Jonathan Fields (52) Jonnie (30) Jordan T-H (63) Jorg (36) Jorge (43) Josh (20) Justin (21) JustonWestern (28) JVChuy (55) K (74) Karl (41) Kenneth (58) Kenny (34) Kevin (46) Kevin (44) Kevin Federline (545) Kevin Jump (14) kevin oshea (33) Kevin Rose (47) Kris (89) Kuan Hoong (3) Kyle Saric (50) Larry (41) Len Currie (27) Library (27) lucky13cxc (24) Luckystrik3 (83) Marc (32) marcusmeisel (62) Marshall Place (27) Mason (37) Matt (56) Michael (58) Michael (66) Michael (22) mike pags (10) moustachu (15) munir (30) Nate (17) Nathan (45) ndench (32) neinIsNo (68) Nick (22) Page (40) patella (20) Paul Winch (150) Perry (56) Peter Wooley (16) PouarK (112) rheimbro (22) Richard Metzler (22) Rob Crawford (1) Robert H (46) Ryan (131) sandbx (24) Scott (101) Scott (26) Sham (1004) sirmikester (118) solsuknjerk (23) southernsara (59) Sparky (21) Spence (56) Stacy (282) Steve M. (89) Steven (43) Sukij (26) Superbunker (64) Sweevo (25) Terje (43) the Baron of Bore (38) Tim (125) tobalito (69) tOMPSON (53) Toni (52) Tor Erling (494) tormodh (33) Torsten (1) ULTIMATE CREATOR (28) vanlandw (80) veilleperso (34) virtualcourtney (69) Wesley (36) wvpv (57) wwdj (67) Yusuf (21) Zach (105) Zie (14) Zypher (10) 猫影 (77)Explore read 15 notes
- AdamB said: this is a great idea... i gotta attempt this to make my wii better
- Wesley said: might be worth a try
- Robert H said: Finally, a way to get DVD playback on the Wii!
- munir said: Oh man, this is amazing. I can't believe my Wii has a built-in DVD but the software just isn't turned on.
- Michael said: so easy!
- Bwana said: Lifehacker's detailed guide on hacking your Wii
- ndench said: Interesting, though I think not something I'm likely to do with mine.
- Jorge said: This is a nice detail on how to set up Wii homebrew and DVD playback. I've been running the Homebrew Channel for a couple of months now. I rented Zelda from Blockbuster to install it (f'n $8 for a 5-day rental). By far my favorite Wiibrew app is FCE Ultra, the classic NES emulator. The Wiimote works great for it since the system only had two buttons. It's really nice to have the SD available for installing new Wii homebrew (like the DVD player) as it comes along. I haven't tried the DVD player yet, but I may soon.
- Justin said: Mmmmmmmmmmmmmhmmmmmmmmm bitchesbut it doesn't have hi-def outputs :(
- Yusuf said: Hacking the Wii -- Here comes homebrew software for the Wii!
- vanlandw said: I need to find a copy of Twilight Princess cheap...the mod for Quake (look on youtube) looks really cool actually
- Herschell / Special*Dark said: Will do this sometime this week! EEE.
- Steve M. said: i have heard of this for a while now, but this is the first easy to follow and comprehensive guide i've stumbled onto. i am mildly blown away with how easy it is--wtf nintendo on the easy dvd playback?
- haggaret said: JK - a little project for you...
- Fi said: A nice softmod if you're willing to spend the effort... :)
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Food Hacks: How To De-Kernelize Microwave Popcorn (34)
on Lifehacker (36899) permalinkLike microwave popcorn, but don't want to risk chipping a tooth on one of the rock-like kernels that never met its potential? Get rid of unpopped kernels with a simple shake. After removing your popcorn from the microwave, carry the bag to a garbage can. Pull the bag open only enough that the opening is slightly larger than an unpopped kernel. Turn the bag upside down and shake the bag up and down vigorously for ...Shared by Aaron R (500) AfroWhitey (58) Andrew (41) Anthony (46) Army of Gnomes (191) Brandy (106) cfohlin (22) craniac (32) David Worrell (66) DOCBook Howto (472) Drewcipher (54) Earl E Morningwood (154) Ethan (23) Fletch5150 (62) G4dz00k5 (46) Greg (55) HejGustav (244) Janyne (36) Jason Tucker (38) joel (51) joshed (63) Kichigai Mentat (84) Kye S. (28) Laura Smith (23) rOckY (716) Ronald van der Putte (18) Ryan (131) ScrewTheMan.com (147) Timm (11) Tom (15) Twilight (26) Ville (28) Vinny (46) Zach (270)
- Ronald van der Putte said: Some solutions are so simple.....
- Andrew said: Need to have the wife learn this technique so she can employ it more often...
- Laura Smith said: Oooh, great tip! I gotta try this one...
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